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Mac security researcher wins Pwn2Own contest
AppleInsider —
... noting that browsers on the Windows box were "still standing" after Miller successfully applied his exploit attack to the Mac, as if the Windows box had somehow successfully dodged Miller's exploit rather than simply never having been aimed at by his open source attack. Internet Explorer 8 on the Windows machine was exploited shortly afterward by a different researcher calling himself Nil, followed by his demonstration of a successful crack of the Firefox browser.
Safari hacked in seconds; IE8 & Firefox fall soon after
SlashGear —
... Another security researcher going by the pseudonym “Nils” later demonstrated a second Safari hack, as well as breaking through IE8 and Firefox’s defences. He took away a Sony VAIO notebook running Windows 7, together with a cash prize. ...
The Pwn2Own trifecta: Safari, IE 8, and Firefox exploited on day 1
Engadget —
... Nils then demonstrated a second Safari exploit before hacking Firefox later in the afternoon netting him a cool $15k by the close of day one. Only Google's Chrome was left unscathed -- Opera isn't part of the contest. This year's contest will also offer a $10,000 prize for every vulnerability successfully exploited in Windows Mobile, Android, Symbian, and the iPhone and BlackBerry OSes. In other words: this contest that runs through Friday isn't over by any stretch. [Via ZDNET] Filed under: Misc. Gadgets The Pwn2Own trifecta: Safari, IE 8, and Firefox ...
Internet Explorer 8 Hack Countdown! (too late)
The Next Web —
... My original plan was start a countdown here until the first reports of Explorer 8 vulnerabilities. Life is stranger than fiction, again, as Explorer 8 has been shown to be vulnerable to hacking attacks within less than 24 hours after its release. ZDnet reports how a hacker named Nils ‘performed a clean drive-by download attack against the world’s most widely used browser to take full control of a Sony Vaio machine running Windows 7′ at the ...
Explorer 8 Hack Countdown! (too late)
The Next Web —
... My original plan was start a countdown here until the first reports of Explorer 8 vulnerabilities. Life is stranger than fiction, again, as Explorer 8 has been shown to be vulnerable to hacking attacks within less than 24 hours after its release. ZDnet reports how a hacker named Nils ‘performed a clean drive-by download attack against the world’s most widely used browser to take full control of a Sony Vaio machine running Windows 7′ at the ...
MacBook Hacked in Seconds in Pwn2Own Contest
The Mac Observer —
... to ZDNet , Mr. Miller was able to breach the Mac's security with a remote attack that only required the MacBook user to click a specific link in the Safari Web browser. "It took couple of seconds," Mr. Miller said. Mr. Miller's exploit last year took advantage of a security flaw in the Safari Web browser, too. Another hacker going by the name "Nils" also executed a successful exploit against Safari, and also managed to hack through Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 as well as the Firefox Web browser running on a Sony Vaio with Windows 7. While the hackers did win prizes for ...
Safari hacked in a flash at Pwn2Own 2009, Firefox and IE8 follow
Download Squad —
... None of the three browsers on display made it out unscathed: a competitor known only as Nils was the next to overcome Safari, and he later took down Firefox and Internet Explorer 8. It's an important reminder to all of us that - regardless of what browser we're using - someone out there is hard at working looking for an exploit that could put us at risk, too. ...
Pwn2Own 2009: Nils takes down IE8, Firefox and Safari
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... A German computer science student has hacked the three main browsers, winning $15,000, showing that none of them is completely safe At the annual Pwn2Own at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, Charlie Miller hacked Apple's Safari browser in seconds (below), but the others didn't last significantly longer. As Ryan Naraine says at ZD Net: A security researcher named "Nils" (he declined to provide his full name) performed a clean drive-by download attack against the world's most widely used browser to take full control of a Sony Vaio ...
Safari cracked in seconds, MacBook completely taken over in security contest
CrunchGear —
All three “big” Web browsers—Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari—were cracked like nobody’s business at the Pwn2Own contest. Safari was cracked first, within a few seconds, actually, while the other two took a little while longer to crack. And by “crack” we mean remotely exploit the browser, then use said browser to take over full control of the computer.
Now, the guys in the competition aren’t the type of people you need to be worried about; they’re in the competition to promote security awareness, and win a ...
Sniffing keystrokes via laser and keyboard power
ZDNet News - News Page One —
... words. They used a technique called dynamic time warping that's typically used for speech recognition applications, to measure the similarity of signals. Line-of-sight on the laptop is needed, but it works through a glass window, they said. Using an infrared laser would prevent a victim from knowing they were being spied on. The only real way to mitigate against this type of spying would be to change your typing position and mistype words, Barisani said. Also from CanSecWest: - Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari ...
